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You know he was a registered democrat once, right? He's not backed any "bigoted right wing causes." You know there was never a Muslim ban, right? You know th

by jki275 8y ago

You know he was a registered democrat once, right? He's not backed any "bigoted right wing causes." You know there was never a Muslim ban, right? You know that the immigration laws haven't changed, the previous administration simply ignored them. For anyone who believes in the rule of law, the laws are supposed to be enforced -- it's a foundational principle of operating a society. That's why he's continually called for Congress to change the laws if they want things changed. Police civil rights violations? Are you confused into thinking that local policing in the US is somehow affected by DOJ policies? The DOJ does not often get directly involved in local policing issues -- they've historically only gotten involved in the most egregious of cases.

dragonwriter 8y ago
> You know he was a registered democrat once, right? Yes, and I addressed that. > You know there was never a Muslim ban, right? There is an exclusion policy which Trump himself referred to as that. You can choose whether you think he did that because the polciy is actually bigoted or simply as a technique to appeal to bigots, I suppose. > You know that the immigration laws haven't changed, Trump has, in fact, campaigned for changes to them to reduce the scope of legal immigration, particularly to eliminate much currently legal family-based immigration (and even most recently asserted they he can universally abrogate a Constitutional guarantee in order to deny citizenship to children of immigrants.) > For anyone who believes in the rule of law, the laws are supposed to be enforced Well, yes, that is why a lot of people are upset about his suggestion that he would revoke birthright citizenship, guaranteed by the 14th Amendment, by executive order. > Police civil rights violations? Are you confused into thinking that local policing in the US is somehow affected by DOJ policies? Are you confused into thinking that the DoJ investigations into misconduct and federal civil rights charges (or, more often, consent decrees entered into to forestall such charges) don't effect local policing, both in the jurisdictions directly involved and others that don't want to end up under a DoJ microscope? > they've historically only gotten involved in the most egregious of cases. Yes, and there were some of those currently ongoing at the time of tj transition.

by jki275 8y ago

dragonwriter 8y ago

> You know he was a registered democrat once, right? Yes, and I addressed that. > You know there was never a Muslim ban, right? There is an exclusion policy which Trump himself referred to as that. You can choose whether you think he did that because the polciy is actually bigoted or simply as a technique to appeal to bigots, I suppose. > You know that the immigration laws haven't changed, Trump has, in fact, campaigned for changes to them to reduce the scope of legal immigration, particularly to eliminate much currently legal family-based immigration (and even most recently asserted they he can universally abrogate a Constitutional guarantee in order to deny citizenship to children of immigrants.) > For anyone who believes in the rule of law, the laws are supposed to be enforced Well, yes, that is why a lot of people are upset about his suggestion that he would revoke birthright citizenship, guaranteed by the 14th Amendment, by executive order. > Police civil rights violations? Are you confused into thinking that local policing in the US is somehow affected by DOJ policies? Are you confused into thinking that the DoJ investigations into misconduct and federal civil rights charges (or, more often, consent decrees entered into to forestall such charges) don't effect local policing, both in the jurisdictions directly involved and others that don't want to end up under a DoJ microscope? > they've historically only gotten involved in the most egregious of cases. Yes, and there were some of those currently ongoing at the time of tj transition.